Inventure's Adil wins Under 12 singles tennis title at National Interschool Tounament at Monfort school

 

Adil while receiving the trophy



Adil Kalyanpur, a grade 6 student of Inventure Academy won the Under 12 singles tennis title at the National interschool tournament at Montfort school at Yercaud this weekend. Around 128 students from across 90 schools took part in the sports tournament. Adil played seven rounds to win.

Asked what was his motivation behind the success and he said, “I didn’t do it for myself, I did it for my school-Inventure Academy!!”

Inventure Academy hosts Model United Nations

Inventure Academy held its first ever Model United Nations(MUN) on its campus last week and Ms. Sudha Subbharaman, one of the pioneers of MUN, Bangalore was the chief guest.

MUN provides an opportunity for students to tackle global issues and find solutions to the most pressing international issues that we face as a global community. ‘Diplomacy’ is the watchword for any debating exercise. The best Delegate award for the session was given to Nischal Nadhamuni.

MUN is a platform for students to develop and practice their skills in research, debate, and negotiation, which helps them come back with a greater understanding of the world's problems and the diverse perspectives that can help solve them.

'Transforming trash to cash is a eco-friendly lesson for everyone'

 Your trash is our cash. Inventure Academy students learnt about how to do it from the Business unit for women in JanakiRam layout, Kamanahalli, Bangalore who make beautiful handbags with discarded tetra packs and earn livelihood.

A 3D project started by the Centre for Social Action wing of Christ University aims to make empowerment desirable for the women by making them dynamic in their development.

“The women purchase the used tetra packs from the garbage unit at Rs 6 per kg. We then cut each packet, wash it with hot water and then with a disinfectant. The packs are then let to dry. Colorful strips are then cut out and woven exquisitely to produce beautiful carry bags” said the Kala the director of the unit.

" Transforming trash to cash is an eco-friendly lesson for everyone to learn, "says Evanka, a student of Grade 6, Inventure Academy.

-Media Pod, Inventure Academy

 

Inventure boy stars in 'Lessons in forgetting' an adaptation of Anita Nair's book

Who wouldn't want to be in a movie? Not me! So after a couple of auditions for ‘Lessons in forgetting’ , an adaptation from the book of Anita Nair, when I found out that I was selected for the role of Nikhil, I was as extremely excited! This was going to be awesome! The catch? It was during my final exams.

In other words, my mom made sure I studied way in advance, because we both knew that there would be no time later on.

‘Lessons in forgetting’ is English language Indian themed films made for global audience for whom communication of complex thoughts and feelings is easier in English than any other.

The scenes were all in Bangalore but they weren’t exactly close by, so we had to get up really early, and sometimes sleep late as well. (I was so excited that I got up earlier than needed, which meant by the end of the shoot/exams I was really tired.)

Of course, after the original excitement, on the first day, I was really nervous. I had no idea what to expect. Luckily for me, the cast and crew were really nice, and I had a lot of fun with them.

Time went on, and so did exams. My favourite day was on the 1st of April, April Fools Day. Why? Because they were shooting a car accident scene and we got to break the car’s glass! They also put sugar (for the glass pieces) and made the engine smoke. I also got to talk to one of the makeup artists (yes, I had to wear makeup) and he told me how to make different kinds of realistic fake blood.

In short, I had tons of fun, and even though it was during my final exams, I’m glad I did it. Definitely. (Plus I learned a lot!).

(For more information on the film you can visit the film’s website.)

-Parthiv Shah

Grade 9 IG

Parthiv is an engaging 14-year old interested in all aspects of movie-making and media. An aspiring actor, director, and editor, he also dabbles in application development and website designing. Most recently he won the Bangalore International Children's Film Festival movie competition with his entry, ‘Life with an Oxygen Mask’.

Inventure Academy Investiture

Investiture Ceremony at Inventure Academy was held on July 21st with Mr Aditya Sondhi, the lawyer of the Supreme Court, Karnataka High Court and founder of ‘Aditya Sondhi Law Chambers’ as the chief guest.

 

Mr Aditya on the occasion underlined the importance of identifying leaders not only among the elected few but among other peers, elders and even younger ones around us as leadership ,among many other responsibilities, is about setting examples

 

Also present on the occasion were CEO and the Managing Trustee of Inventure Academy, Ms Nooraine Fazal and Inventure Academy Principal, Inventure Academy, Mrs Mallika Sen.

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The elected student council of Inventure Academy 2011-12



The elected student council 2011-12


Results for Middle & Secondary School Student Council 2011 are as follows:

School Captain: Surya Nimmagadda

Sports Captain: Nihal Aarons

BA Captain: Akshay Rao

BA Vice Captain: Anushri Pendiala

Community Outreach Captain: SaiTushar Goteti

Adventurers Captain: Duruvan Saravanan
Adventurers Vice Captain: Namratha Narayanan

Inventors Captain: Payal Kela
Inventors Vice Captain: Nischal Nadhamuni

Nurturers Captain: Akshay Kulkarni
Nurturers Vice Captain: Nakul Jajoo

Venturers Captain: Dipali Bajaj
Venturers Vice Captain: Sriram Goteti

Inventure Academy lifts the Gen-X Football Championship Cup (U-14)

Inventure Academy was declared winners of the Gen-X Football Championship 2011 in the under-14 (boys) with Tejveer Singh Rekhi awarded the Best player for the tournament in the category and Nirvair Nair awarded the top scorer of the tournament under the Under 16 category.

Around 16 schools of the city participated in the four day event held at XLR Indoor stadium, Bengaluru from 12th July 2011 onwards.

Scorecard- Under 14 category:

League match:
Inventure Academy won against Legacy School- 3-0
Inventure Academy against Oasis School-
1 all draw
Semifinals
Inventure Academy won against DPS North- 1-0

Finals U-14

Inventure Academy won against Parikrma Humanity Foundation- 2-1

Scorecard- Under 16

League match:
Inventure Academy won against Legacy School- 6-1
Inventure Academy won against Oasis School- 2-0

Quarter Final:
Inventure Academy won against Florence School 3-2

Semifinals:
Inventure Academy lost to DPS (North) by 2-1

Inventure Academy celebrates its 6th Birthday

Inventure Academy releases the School Magazine ‘The Inventurer’ -Vol 2

Inventure Academy magazine 2010-11 was released on July 4th 2011. This volume zooms in to articles, activities, timelines and reports.  Full enjoyment comes from zooming out to look at the wider picture; at how we are growing, in thought word and deed.  It will prove to you how seriously we believe in our School motto and seize each day!

Student Elections results are out!

The results of the 1st round of student elections were declared on July 5, 2011. It is as follows:

Venturers: Rahul Menon (Captain-Primary)

Dipali Bajaj (Captain-Senior)

Adventurers: Tanvi Amba (Captain-Primary)

Duruvan Sarvanan ( Captain-Senior)


Nurturers:
Rivka Smiti Aarons (Captain-Primary) 
Akshay Kulkarni (Captain-Senior)

Inventors:
Ananya Parthasarathy (Captain-Primary)
Payel Kela (Captain-Senior)

School scribes closely scrutinize the student leaders prior to voting



Ananya Parthasarthy



Ananya's speech was very good. She was a bit nervous in the beginning but soon got used to speaking and spoke the rest with a lot of confidence and was very calm. She spoke about her logo which was a light bulb inside the sun. She said she chose it because ‘the sun represents warmth and light and the light bulb represents great ideas, inventions and efforts’.

She said she would help the house participate in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities; she would be kind and encourage everyone to make sure no one was left out. She was very believable and she had convinced the audience.

She got a great ovation. The audience asked her some difficult questions but she answered them well. For example, when someone asked what would she do if she was Vice captain, she replied that she and the captain would work together as a great team as it was the house’s victory that was more important. I think she deserves to be elected as she came across as someone who would stand by her promises.

Ritu Alapat, 5A



Adrein Lee



Adrien appeared to be a confident candidate from the Blue House (Venturers), in my opinion second best among the Blue House candidates. He made a number of promises, the ones that I captured were

– that he would be kind to everyone

– he would give everyone a fair chance to participate in house events

– he would try to lead Blue house to victory.

He started off well and with confidence, but then lost audience interest because he just read from the paper, without making any eye contact with them. Expressions from the speech were also somewhat missing. Being one of the last few candidates to give his speech, it was but natural that the audience was tired and impatient. He could have sustained the interest of the audience by being livelier. He got almost the same number and kind of questions as the other candidates. Adrian answered all the questions extremely well.

On a scale of 1-5, I would rate Adrien’s speech at 2.5

-Abhishek Jain, 5C


Q1. Was the candidate nervous?


I could sense that Sanjana was nervous, but she did a good job by not exhibiting it. She looked quite confident and calm. She was not fiddling with anything, unlike some other candidates. In fact, she was composed. She spoke her lines very clearly and did not get stuck anywhere while making her speech.

Q2. Did the candidate convince the audience enough?

Well, her speech was very short, not giving enough points to convince the audience. So, I feel she may not have she convinced the audience enough. The audience was not looking that satisfied with her speech.

(Did he/she get an ovation or a good response?)

Sanjana didn’t get a standing ovation but many people clapped for her. When people asked her questions she gave a sensible answer. For example, when people asked her what her logo meant she had a meaningful explanation for it and said she will help everyone shoot up and shine.

- Aisha Nikita Singh, 5B



Shivam Kapila

 Shivam appeare
d confident in the beginning but failed to keep the audience’s attention as he was not very audible. He was also very reluctant to show his logo & symbol to the audience probably because he felt it wasn’t very creative.


He could not convince most of his audience he was reluctant to answer questions. His strategies to bring his house to victory were good & but he wasn’t convincing enough. He did not get much applause from the audience. He put in a fair amount of effort to campaign but could have campaigned better.

ADVAIT Rao-5A

Student Elections @ Inventure start tomorrow

With the student elections at Inventure Academy round the corner, students declare their symbols. The votes will be cast on July 5 2011 for vantage post of house captains.


 

 Adventurers (Primary)

1. Neileshwar Pramodh
2. Sehar Panesar
3. Sohum Shenoy
4. Tanvi Amba

Inventors (Primary)

1. Ananya Parthasarthy
2. Inika Kandwal
3. Mukul Kandwal
4. Roshni Ganesh




Nurturers (Primary)

1. Armani Vikram 
2. Bharatha Ramaswamy
3. Rivka Aarons
4. Shivam Kapila

Venturers (Primary)

1. Adrein Lee
2. Pragnya Ramprasad
3. Rahul Menon
4. Sanjana Bakre

Olympiad state rank holders from Inventure felicitated by SOF

Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) recently felicitated the top 3 state rank holders for various Olympiads, out of which two were from Inventure Academy!


Agastya Samya Rana of Grade 3 held 2nd in the National Cyber Olympiad and Karnataka State ranked 3rd in the National Science Olympiad.

Anusha Ramji of Grade 7 stood 10th International rank and Karnataka State ranked 3rd in the International English Olympiad.

The function was presided over by Dr. Y.S Rajan and the guests of honor for the occasion were P. Balachandran Warrier, CEO- Manipal Foundation and Dr. K. Shreekrishna Kumar, Director- All India Council for Technical Education, Bengaluru.

Inventure Academy Principal among the top 28 school principals in India- EducationWorld June 2011

An English literature postgraduate of Calcutta University, Mallika Sen is a former principal of the Valley School, Bangalore, head of Aga Khan Education Services and currently principal of the Inventure Academy, Bangalore.

Purpose of school education. To prepare children to meet existential challenges. It must equip them with the knowledge and skills to innovate, excel in their chosen fields and contribute effectively to building a better society.

Most admired education thinker/philosopher. J. Krishnamurti, a leading thinker and educator of the 20th century who encouraged the awakening of intelligence out of observation, self-knowledge and compassion.

Differentiating characteristic of Inventure Academy. We have a set of core values which acknowledges every child’s uniqueness and potential. We believe in harnessing that potential for the common good. Our emphasis is on fair play, accountability and trans-parency, cultural sensitivity, consciousness of the envir-onment and institutional development through cons-tant review and refinement.

Leadership style. I look upon myself as a leader of competent and committed educators. I maintain a collaborative and consultative style of leadership, empowering faculty members at all levels.

Education philosophy implementation success. Inventure Academy has been set up along progressive lines of thinking. While achieving academic excellence is the focus, other aspects of students’ development are given equal importance. The vision and mission statements of the school are incorporated into the curriculum.

For or against the RTE Act mandating 25 percent quota for underprivileged children in private schools? Private schools can contribute towards providing high-quality education to economically weaker sections of society by adopting neighbourhood schools, building capacities of teachers in such schools, helping develop meaningful and relevant curriculums. Reservation of 25 percent seats for underprivileged children is not necessarily the sine qua non.

Future plans. Sustained faculty development. We also intend to address environmental issues that immediately impact our campus as well as create awareness in students to look at the big picture and strive towards reducing their carbon footprint.

Unwind/de-stress. Long walks, reading fiction, and listening to instrumental music.

To read the issue online click below:
http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-2742

School Re-opening Information

SCHOOL REOPENING DATES

6 Mon-School Reopens Grade 1 to 12, Inventuring grades 1 to 12
& Student Orientation Grades 1 to 12

7 Tue- Parent Orientations - Pre KG and KG& Inventuring Grades 1 to 12

8 Wed-Inventuring Grades 1 to 12

9 Thu- School Reopens Pre-K and K1 (8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
& Inventuring Grades 1 to 12

10 Fri-Sleepover Grades 3 to 12
& Inventuring Grades 1 to 12

13 Mon-School Reopens K2 (Pre K and K1 timings 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)

17 Fri-Parent Orientations for grades 1 to 12 - For Parents who are New to Inventure and for ALL parents of students entering Grade 1

25 Sat-AWARDS DAY

27 Mon- School Reopens 11 AS & A2 & Student Orientation

As usual we will kick off the year with Inventuring - our unique foundation-orientation programme. Students need to wear hardy casual clothes, sneakers or trainers, and bring cap, water bottle, notebook and a writing implement. Please note: uniform is not required for the first week of school.

INVENTURING the Foundation Programme: 6 – 10 June 2011 for Grades 1to 12. For more information, please click on http://www.inventureacademy.com/inventuring.htm. For Inventuring- it is suggested that students wear casuals that are okay to get paint and mud on. Includes a Sleepover at school for students of grade 3 up. Once school starts, your child will bring home a consent slip including a list of things to be brought for the sleepover. Faculty members stay also, and it is a tremendous bonding experience.

PARENT ORIENTATION SESSIONS Parents are encouraged to attend the orientation sessions if they have not been to one before. Information is shared, expectations are set and clarity achieved.

Kindergarten Orientation – 7th June 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

Primary School Orientation – 17th June 2011 at 2:00 p.m.

Middle and Secondary School Orientation- 17th June 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

SCHOOL BUSES will run on last year's timings for morning pick up on 6 June 2010. It would be best if new students were dropped off at school by parents in morning, and they could home on the school bus - thereby verifying pick-up/drop points and timings. Please expect bus routes by 3 June 2011 via email. The new routes will be effective from 6 June 2010 afternoon route. Please note that timings will take some time to settle down. You will have the phone number of the bus and can check time of arrival on that number. Eventually there will be a GPS alert signaling arrival of the bus.

Those who will not be using the bus services need to inform the school of the driver name/car registration number.

SCHOOL TIMINGS: 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.

BOOKS & STATIONERY Will be delivered to students in the first week at school .

UNIFORMS for the academic year 2010-11. UNIFORM IN A BOX will be doing our uniforms this year. While the basic look remains the same, the vendor will be different. You will be required to make one trip to their outlet in Whitefield / Bellary Road to get the sizing done. Your order will be delivered to your home by courier. Subsequent orders may be placed online.

Once classes start on June 13th, it is expected that students will observe the uniform code.

Section allocations will be intimated by the end of Inventuring.

Confidence and Perseverance pays off



Prerana is all smiles after her
ICSE 2011 results.

Prerana Prasad, the school topper of ICSE exams 2011 scored 91.2%. She talks about her mantra of success.

“I am really glad at my performance and that I topped my class. My mantra of success was being regular in class work and achieving my set benchmarks. As part of the assessment process at Inventure Academy, we as students, set benchmarks for our performance which is revisited by both students and our teachers and parents every month.

My teachers not only worked with all of us very closely, giving each one of us a lot of individual attention but gently raised my benchmark and discussed about my performance and the way forward with my parents at the regular Parent Teacher Meetings in the year.

This instilled in me great level of confidence and helped me to focus on my goal.

My future plans: I am keen on pursuing my career in Corporate Law as Economics has to play a big role in India in the near future."

Get set go... for Summer camp at Inventure Academy

Summer Camp 2011

April 4th-24th 2011
Age: 6 years onwards
Time: 8:00am to 10:00am
Days: Monday to Friday
Venue: Inventure Academy
Cost: Rs 3000/ package(includes juice and snacks)

Package 1: Athletics 2 hours
Package 2:Soccer 2 hours
Package 3- Athletics 1hour+Soccer 1 hour
Package 4- Tennis 1 hour

For more details please click on the image to enlarge.

Inventure Academy raises Rs 80,000 for Camlin School boy

Inventure Academy students were touched by a recent report in a newspaper daily on Aditya, a grade 10 student of Camlin School suffering from Guillain Barre Syndrome, a rare form of progressive muscle dystrophy.

What was even more unique was the attitude of his friends, who were knocking each door possible to raise funds to save the life of Aditya over their board exams.

“We too wanted to do be of some help to Aditya hence started a fund raising campaign in school under the guidance of our teacher Anuradha mam,” says Anika Desai, Grade 5 student.

For the campaign to be successful, our class put posters on the notice board spreading awareness about Aditya and disease he was suffering from. “We also went to each classroom reminding the students to contribute towards the cause,” says Karan Buntval, also a grade 5 student.

The school successfully raised Rs 83,000 in around a week! The fund raised was handed over to the parents, which eventually went for his treatment.
                                                                                   -Media Pod

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              



The Indian Express appreciates Inventure Academy's green initiatives

Media applaudes Inventure's win against Vibgyor High to claim Viva Cup